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China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday claimed the Kyle Rittenhouse trial “exposes the illness of the U.S. political system” and argued the not-guilty verdict proves American democracy “has failed to heal the illness of social polarization and racial divergence.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) shared a clip Friday that claimed there was an “entirely different set of rules for white people” after Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal.

If Kenosha and other Democrat-run cities burn tonight, the blame lies squarely on the liars who spread the lies to encourage these riots: Joe Biden and the corporate media. 

Far-left “Squad” member Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is facing a wave of backlash after claiming “white supremacists” shot at her during the Black Lives Matter riots in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

In Democrat-run Kenosha, Wisconsin, residents are boarding up windows in preparation for riots in the event a jury acquits Kyle Rittenhouse.

Activist investor Bill Ackman on Thursday appeared to defend Kyle Rittenhouse and described the young man as a “civic-minded patriot.”

Democrat-run Chicago is preparing for riots in the event Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom rewarded the mob who destroyed a statue of St. Junipero Serra at the state Capitol last year by signing a bill Friday to replace the vandalized monument with one that honored California’s indigenous tribes instead.

Police in Melbourne, Australia, have reportedly been firing pepper spray and rubber bullets at men, women and children protesting against compulsory coronavirus vaccine passports.

Gen. Mark Milley reportedly suggested the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots that caused an estimated one billion in damage was trivial, according to authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa in the book Peril.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Wednesday by using a partisan narrative about the events of the past year to create a context in which Milley’s actions were acceptable.

A rioter who shot at SWAT three times during a George Floyd protest has been acquitted of all counts. Jaleel Stallings of St.Paul, Minnesota, fired at SWAT three times during a George Floyd protest in May 2020, in Minneapolis. The 29-year-old had

A rioter allegedly attempted to set fire to an NYPD van with officers inside amidst a violent protest Friday in the name of 24-year-old Mike Rosado, who died from a gunshot wound after exchanging gunfire with police.

UTLA President and BLM member Cecily Myart-Cruz dismissed “learning loss” during the school closures, since children learned the words “insurrection” and “coup.”

A mob in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), looted and set Indian-owned businesses and vehicles ablaze on Thursday as tensions escalated following the death of Congolese computer science student Joel Malu while in the custody of Indian police.

An Illinois man was sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for lighting a cellphone store on fire in Minneapolis during the rioting after George Floyd’s death.

Virginia’s most populous school district, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), is pushing a Summer Learning Guide for second graders that includes the message, “I feel safe when there are no police.”

Five Antifa-style radicals have been jailed for their roles in a Bristol riot, in which officers were attacked and vehicles were set on fire.

Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado paid tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement at the end of her first-floor routine at the Toyko Olympics on Sunday.

A man who engaged in non-violent protest at the Capitol was given eight months prison, while hundreds of BLM cases have been dropped.

Rioting, looting and violence have swept two South African provinces, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Dozens of people have been killed, vital infrastructure has been destroyed and the damage runs into the billions. But it’s OK: the Imperial mother country has got South Africa’s back. Behold the latest initiative from the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office!

The founder and chief executive officer of a wealth management fund has been suspended for allegedly taking advantage of the unrest in South Africa to loot alcoholic beverages and a washing machine, among other items. 

Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands.

he South African government is deploying some 25,000 troops and calling up reserves as riots and looting continue to rock the country, primarily in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

FoodForward SA (FFSA), a food supply organization that works to end hunger in South Africa, announced on Thursday it would shut down its operations in five major cities after looters cleaned out their warehouse in Durban.

Civilians across the beleaguered provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal have begun taking the law into their own hands to protect malls from mobs of looters, as South Africans hoped the chaos had begun to subside after four days.

Mob violence and looting stampedes killed at least 72 people across South Africa as of Tuesday following days of rioting in response to the recent jailing of ex-South African President Jacob Zuma for high-level looting of government coffers during his tenure in office.

The city of Durban, South Africa, the country’s third-largest metropolitan area, has run out of bread and milk as a result of looting that has continued since Sunday, despite the presence of the military and pleas by the country’s leaders to stop.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – South Africa’s rioting continued Tuesday with the death toll rising to 32 as police and the military struggle to quell the looting and violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. Many of the deaths occurred in chaotic stampedes

Violence is sweeping parts of South Africa, with the government deploying the military to support police in some provinces and several deaths, according to developing reports. 

Looting broke out in several cities in South Africa this weekend after the country’s former president, Jacob Zuma, began serving a 15-month sentence last Thursday for contempt in relation to an investigation of corruption during his tenure.

A group of at least 50 locals in Cali, Colombia, organized a “paint-a-thon” campaign on Sunday to clean up far-left, anti-police graffiti and murals throughout the city.

Only two Republicans voted to pass House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s partisan January 6 select committee.

The Los Angeles branch of Black Lives Matter filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Santa Monica on Monday, a year after rioters and looters rampaged through the downtown area alongside an anti-police protest on May 31, 2020.

King Mswati of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, has not fled the country, Eswatini Prime Minister Themba Masuku said on Tuesday following unconfirmed reports that Africa’s last remaining monarch had escaped Eswatini amid violent protests against his rule.

Some describe the attack, which led to the beating of a hot dog vendor at the Pride festival, as unprovoked — or targeting an American flag.